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(male announcer) this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now.breaking news right now on kron4. a long-time youth baseball coach just released from jail on bail. and our cameras were there. it comes just hours after he turned himself in. he's accused of molesting and video-taping young teens. tonight kron4 is there live. i'm catherine heenan. the news at five is next! breaking news at five. this is joel kaufman walking out of the contra costa county jail in martinez. he was bailed out -- but he's not answering questions. >> did you victimize these >> catherine: kron4's j-r is live tonight at the jail. j-r you were there when he was released, what do we do know? >> reporter: he is accused
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of three felonies and charged with crimes this weekend. he finally turned himself in it this morning. hes a baseball coach in oakland. he also owns batting cages and coaches in the east bay. here is some of my conversation with him in the last hour. >> reporter: the view molest those children to you have anything to say to these for children do victimize or molested these children? and you have a chance to talk and you have nothing to say? no response. they say that you molested this teenager and penetration into a drug teenager. you are a baseball coach and you have nothing to say about this? the bail amount was $325,000. he will face a
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judge in the coming days. j.r. stone, kron 4 news. >> catherine: developing tongiht out of san jose. police are on the hunt for the person who stabbed a woman to death. this happened just before three on north first, at west hedding streets. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news.e times. the victim was stabbed multiple times. now here is a map of the area. the stabbing took place in a parking lot outside of an apartment complex. police shut down nearby streets and were looking for him in the area. no word on a motive yet. >> a rockslide on highway 101 in sausalito left a man hurt, and severely damaged his s-u-v. it happened just before 5- am. one of the biggest boulders was three feet by three feet. a kron4 morning crew was there live on the scene just minutes afterwards.as the hillside was still settling. and >> reporter: we hear some of these rocks coming down right now. they are coming
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down as we speak. >> catherine: we will hear from the man that was involved with that crash. the weather is getting nine stores this weekend. a beautiful shot of downtown san francisco and our camera from about tamil piuand anny is live on the rooftop fiord a nice place to be. >> it is a great place to be! lots of sunshine and crystal blue sky. the high- pressure is in control and the temperatures warmed up nicely. this will continue for the weekend with even warmer conditions. a bit breezy. i am glad i have extra hair spray [laughter] temperatures in the low 60s. with actually mid-60s for
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oakland and upper 50s for downtown san francisco. 60s canal plus is warm at 70's. so, napa-right now with warm 70's. we are not expecting any fog but to start your weekend mornings for some chilly conditions, to launder it will get with warmth. coming off. >> catherine: thank you. and also let us take a quick look at the golden gate bridge. and the bay bridge toll plaza all traffic nothing major. will be monitoring the bay of roadways throughout tonight to newscast. there is an
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abundance of caution including a police presence with rob fladeboe for-up-to- date. >> the atmosphere of late friday can be best described as all quiet. it has been a tense earlier this week with a social media threat. the police have been patrolling about an anonymous threat made on the confessions page. the exact nature has not been disclosed only characterized as rambling in nature. some parents elected to keep their children home on thursday but that was not the case on friday. extra security was on the scene and the police are going to continue being on the seeing eye towarof course we will
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continue with this investigation. and who made that threat and why? rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >> catherine: new tonight, a story you'll see - only on kron. there has been a lot of damage. >> you are looking at the front of the building and it is being taken off. it is an old berkeley two-story house toward and it had a front porch. and above that porch there was another porch and those were portions of the dining rooms and the fire broke down on the downstairs porch. it did enough smoke damage to the foundation that we had to remove the
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entire front facade of the building. and replace those pieces trying to do the way that it did. it will look a lot like the way it did before but it is going to take a long time. >> on the website that the restaurant and the cafe are expected to reopen. we have an exclusive shape of what it will look like. this was provided to us by the workers. there are going to be a upper porch and a lower porch. you can see there are overhangs. and this rough sketch was just on the spot on paper but it gives is a good description. this is being described as a craftsman and they shinto temple but it will mainly be
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woulbe made of wood to maintain the original feel. after new tonight -- the owners of chez panisse restaurant in berkeley say they feel confident that they can reopen the there was a fire on march 8th -- this was the scene. the damage turned out to be worse than initially construction crews working ".a long time" on the chez panisse website - there's a message that both the restaurant and the café will probably reopen in june. we have an exclusive look at what the new façade of chez these are sketches provided by the workers who have over the years. porches.one upstairs and one at ground level. they'll have overhangs that flare out. cross between a shinto temple and a craftsman home.
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it will also be rebuilt to current standards.with steel most of it covered in wood to retain the original feel of the restaurant. -- south of pacifica -- will years of problems with ground. charles clifford will take a closer look at the new coming up. this service dog -- was stolen from right next to its owner on a bart train. now the woman -- who needs the dog's help for medical >> he said give me your money, or i'm going to shoota terrifying robbery ends with a baby being killed. new tonight, a georgia teenager is accused of the crime. and at 5-30 -- a white supremacist killed in a police shoot-out - is now believed to be behind a murder spree. the victims include those who put him behind bars.
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>> developing now this happened just before 3 a developing story in san jose. you can see that a woman was stabbed to death she was stabbed several times there were officers that were going door to door. trying to get information. this happened in a parking lot outside of an apartment complex. the
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shutdown of some nearby streets as they continue the search. no word on a motive. >> the woman whose service dog was stolen is pleading for its return. this is archie. a pomeranian who was taken while she was riding bart between san francisco and san bruno wednesday night >> it is devastating. i just hope somebody can find him and i can get them back. i was on bart and i was writing on it for a bit. i had the dog in my purse right next to me. and i dozed off for a minute i do not know how long i was asleep for. but i woke up and he was gone. he is my service dog he is everything. he controls might panic attacks. he is
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trained to sense it before it escalates. he will get up on my lap and try to calm me but i used to be able to not be able to breathe and he will stop the level of anxiety. ".to that point" >> catherine: archie was last seen wearing what you see here.the owner of the dog is offering a $3- thousand dollar reward for his safe return >> also new tonight. two arrests have been made in the case of a 13-month-old boy shot at point blank range in brunswick, georgia. cristina mutchler brings us the latest on the investigation. >> i said i do not have any money and do not kill my baby. >> "i said i don't have any money and don't don't kill my baby." >> reporter: sherry west says she was walking through a quiet brunswick, georgia neighborhood thursday morning when two boys approached her and demanded money.
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she told police one boy shot her in the leg and shot her 13-month-old son antonio in the head, killing him while he slept in his stroller. >> "i took him out of the harness and tried to perform cpr. i saw his lungs inflating but he was not breathing." >> reporter: law enforcement arrested two teenage suspects. a 14-year-old who isn't being named because of his age-- and 17-year-old demarquis elkins, who is considered an adult under georgia law. police say today is bittersweet for the brunswick community. >> "bitter because of the occurences of yesterday and we all know what that is. but it's sweet to know that we have two arrests of the persons who committed this horrendous act." >> reporter: antonio's father visited the crime scene friday, visibly emotional. a makeshift memorial in his baby's memory has emerged on the sidewalk. back at home, antonio's toys are still scattered around the living room. >> "he was so special, had the bluest, bluest eyes."
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>> reporter: the boy's unthinkable death leaves a family devastated, and a community on edge. police say they are still following leads and collecting evidence in hopes of finding more answers. i'm cristina mutchler reporting.for kron 4 news. >> a father and daughter are presumed dead after being spotted jumping off a bridge into the frigid missouri river. witnesses say they got out of a truck thursday - climbed over the bridge railing - and jumped. police say the woman had something wrapped in a blanket. at first they thought it might have been a baby but it's now believed it was the family dog. the bodies have not been recovered. >> lets check back in with kron4's anny hong -- she's tracking the weather live from the kron4 roof. >> reporter: hi, catherine. a beautiful evening as we go for this weekend with lots of sunshine and crystal clear blue skies. maybe i could use my sunglasses but a bit of a breeze nothing to
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bed. temperatures are very nice. in a lot of us are getting into the 60s. half moon bay. right around 54 degrees. it looks really great. we can see clearer skies expected and breezy. a bit warmer with breezy at times. sunday it will start off a chilly but by the afternoon the sunny and warmer. beautiful conditions. no excuse not to get out of sight. outside the h- pressure is in control giving us that sunshine you. can expect to see a beautiful weekend. this onshore flow with the wind coming off from the land
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going towards the water. we can see the warmer conditions but the wind gusting at 22 mph at half moon bay. fairfield, 24 in the delta of and also we are seeing a wind advisory with sacramento. it is going to be windy also perhaps around 10 m.p.h.-15 m.p.h. with half moon bay. sustained at 16 m.p.h. and also 18 mph we've are expecting great conditions. here is a look at the forecast. temperatures are few degrees above the average high 59 degrees in half moon bay 58 expected in daly city. '70s in napa and i think that some areas around the san jose could see 70's. richmond a bit cooler near the water with a great day.
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santa rosa, upper 60s. '70s in fairfield and antioch. here is a look at the sierra nevada if you're going to go skiing? some great skiing. high of the fifties by sunday and you are goingo want your sunscreen and sunglasses and dress in layers. maybe perhaps just in your t-shirts by the afternoon at kirkwood received some fresh powder over the last couple of days. your kron 4 7 day around the bay we talked about that sunshine and saturday, sunday plenty of sunshine you. temperatures are going to be more mild. also a bit cooler. but pretty nice. you can see that we are cooling down for tuesday, wednesday. there are chances of showers on thursday these forecast
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models are trending a bit more wet but this weekend is looking fantastic. and it is the first full weekend of spring. enjoy it and get outside, catherine. >> catherine: thank-you, anny. you can catch up on the latest news, forecast and traffic conditions whenever it is convenient for you on our 24/7 bay area news channel. watch live on kron4.com or on comcast channel 193. and our facebook page -- we asked you to send in your photos showing the nice spring weather. and here are a few of them. tree blossoming in the sun. dog and kid playing in the nice weather dog taking a nap in the sun ear in pool. a tree - blue skies behind it. we want to see your pictuers. send them to us on our kron4 facebook fan page.
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gabe slate tech report today is the big day for blackberry it is available for sale at the at&t stores. there were no lines free- orders were strong. there is an interest. this is the new all a touch screen and the design resembles an iphone. the other q 10 with the physical keep ford will be out this summer. there is a new operating system that greatly improves the experience a clean, fast and easy to use. it is $200 with a two year contract. they are betting the farm on the sly have lost so much
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market share. they need this to sell like hotcakes. in other news, read box has teamed box wifeverizon to offer a new screening-- streaming. system on line. is $8 per month and you could have access to of live and did movies of television's & television. for now, it is only on a desktop computer. or a video game consoles with x box or the application for mobile devices what i do light of what this is that it is a one a month for free. and you will get a credit for four free dvd rentals. one
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of the down sides is parking it is challenging. i wanted to show you this for fun but maybe some day it could be practical. this time. electrical scooter is lightweight that will fold up into itself and can even be dragged making it easy to carry like a piece of luggage. you can park this near your car it is 55 lbs. with a 22 mph it is not really for road put great for city dwellers. and expected to reach the market later this year at $3,500. >> a developing story where police are looking for the suspect who stabbed a woman to death. this is video from our helicopter partnership
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with abc 7. the woman was stabbed several times. they have been looking everywhere. streets in this area have also been shut down the stay with us more news after the break. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t.
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(male announcer) this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. we have been telling you about this developing story in the san jose rob fladeboe is on the phone with us. rob? >> reporter: kathryn i can tell you that this happened about 3:30 in this parking lot near a restaurant. this is right across the street from the sheriff's department, believe it or not. and the information i have is that there was an argument with a man and woman in a parking lot at the staff for several times. she was rushed to hospital and pronounced dead. there is a manhunt near first avenue. they have police
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tape on first, second, third street and fourth street. all of these streets are blocked off. yard by yard. a male in his 20s is his description armed with a knife. other than that, i cannot tell you weather or not this man is considered armed or dangerous. that is the status right now and there are helicopters with a lot of police going back and forth. >> catherine: this is our helicopter a partnership with abc 7 if look like there were going door to door going from garage to garage fowith weapons drawn is that correct? >> i would not doubt that. i am about one half block from where all of the action it appears to be happening i am
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on the north portion.. and a lot of police activity. even double digit numbers of police numbers but they do not believe that this is gains related. >> catherine: thank-you they do not believe that this is gang-related. new revelations connecting a vicious white supremacist gang named for a section of the california penal code. to a deadly police chase in texas. and the assassination of a prison chief in colorado. >> we are doing additional security we are on heightened alert >> catherine: authorities in texas say the man at the wheel of this wrecked cadillac died this morning. he's been identified as evan ebel, a parolee who linked up with the neo=nazi group while serving time in colorado.and may have been ordered by them to carry out the mruder.
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>> we have received information, obviously, that he is a parolee and yes, that he was identified as a gang member in the prison system >> catherine: the gang is known as the 211 crew, 211 for the section of california code defining robbery. it was founded in 1995 at the denver county jail by white supremecist benjamin davis. davis is currently serving a 100=year sentence for crimes he committed behind bars. hate=group monitors say the 211 crew is organized along paramilitary lines. they describe it as "blood in, blood out," meaning prospective members have to harm someone to be accepted, and can only leave when they die. evan ebel apparently qualified when he assaulted a latino prison guard in 2007. colorado authorities now say they are confident the 28=year old was behind the murder of state corrections chief tom clements. clements was shot as he
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opened the door to his home last tuesday night. he is also linked the murder on sunday of a pizza delivery man in denver. the evidence was found in his wrecked car in texas. the black cadillac rammed a big rig after a high speed chase >> "when he came by me he was probably running at about 100 miles per hour. had his left arm out of the window and he was just shooting. he shot four times when he passed by my car parked in the median on the highway." >> catherine: the crash didn't stop the driver from getting out of the car and firing away at law enforcement officers. the fire fight. >> "he wasn't planning on being taken alive. i mean that's obvious that he was trying to hurt somebody and he was trying to hurt the police." >> catherine: his violent end on a texas highway came as no surprise to neighbors in the lakewood, colorado, up. >> he just seemed angry. he >> catherine: let us go back to martinez and j.r. stone has the latest on the coach
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who has been facing molestation charges >> reporter: that is correct this is the contra costa detention center. you can see this is a man that was charged with three felony sex crimes against teenagers and three misdemeanor charges. what he did not say when i asked him multiple questions and what he did say. that is at 6:00 p.m. and contra costa county, j.r. stone, kron 4 news. there was a head-on collision that driver is still being searched. syria
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was the big topic today. there is civil war has generated thousands of refugees. the president wants to get $200 million in u.s. aid to help jordan deal with those refugees. president obama and jordan's king held a joint news cothe king called the president an old friend and welcomed him and the usthe two world leaders held private talks with each other before taking questions from the media. syria was their main topic. right now, that country's civil war has pushed about 460-thousand refugees across jordan's borders. abdullah says that number will probably double by the end of the year. the president says he will 200-million dollars in aid to help jordan deal with israeli prime minister apologized to turkey for a deadly raid on a flotilla, three years ago. that raid is seen in this video released at the time forces. eight turkish activists were killed when commandoes stormed the ship-- which was attempting to carry aid to gaza. turkey's prime minister has accepted the apology.
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this marine that worked at this candid it school shot and killed two other marines a man and woman and then killed himself. the body was found late last night and the other two bodies were found later. >> if you are enjoying that spring sunshine when we come back for will talk about the weekend forecast and possibly some rainfall and the seven day forecast. >> coming up the closing numbers on wall street. and a woman has an ipad but it is a fake from wal-mart. and what is new at the moviesnearly 100-days after the
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>> now for today's market update. stocks closed higher - bolstered by strong earnings from companies like nike. here's a look at the closing numbers. the dow rose 90 points. the nasdaq was up 22. and the s-and-p 500 rose 11 points. the f-a-a announced today it's planning to close 149 regional airport control towers. that's because of the forced spending cuts. fortunately - smaller airports in the bay area are "not" on that list. the plans eaill mean towers in other cities will close
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over a four-week period beginning april 7th. air travelers heading to to major cities such as new york and chicago could experience big delays during peak hours. one group of federal workers won't be forced to take unpaid time off. that's after big business stepped in on their behalf. lobbyists from the meat and poultry industries reportedly convinced lawmakers to exempt food safety and inspections workers from mandatory furloughs. they'd been scheduled to take 11 days off without pay. industry insiders said the furloughs would have caused a shutdown of meat and poultry packing plants -- leading to price spikes at the store. a massachusetts woman says the i-pad she bought from a boston-area walmart was a fake. walmart at first refused to give her a refund or an exchange -- but later did refund her money. company officials say they're aware of the problem are working on it.. walmart isn't the only are working on it.. walmart isn't the only retailer dealing with morning, brian! love your passat! um. listen, gary. i bought the last one. nice try. says right here you can get one for $199 a month. you can't believe the lame-stream media, gary. they're all gone. maybe i'll get one. [ male announcer ] now everyone's going to want one. you can't have the same car as me, gary! i'm gettin' one. nope! [ male announcer ] volkswagen springtoberfest is here and there's no better time to get a passat. that's the power of german engineering.
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sprain. it was a very pleasant afternoon. temperatures in the 60s with a lot of locations in the mid 60s. livermore, 67. hayward a bit cooler and napa also nice 65 degrees. clear, cool you might want to need your jacket. i could use mine, soon. breezy and still, plenty of sunshine and even warmer on sunday compared to saturday. this warming trend will continue. here is what we are expecting a high pressure. still, that all onshore wind coming from the east from the land to the sea. we can see the wind gusting right around the heart of the bay. 23 mph in hayward.
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fairfield, 24 m.p.h. and if there is even a wind advisory for the san walking ivalley. san walkinn joquan.. hayward, 17 mph. fairfield, and 14. when you factor in the wind it does feel cooler. and as it gets darker, later. the highs for tomorrow will be a few degrees above. downtown san francisco, 62 degrees what a
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cleaning, spring skiing, hiking all of that! >> catherine: you can catch up on the latest news, forecast and traffic conditions whenever it is convenient for you on our 24/7 bay area news channel. watch live on kron4.com or on comcast channel 193. some new movies are opening this weekend. including a comedy - a famly film - and a thriller. carl azuz gives us a closer look. >> tina fey plays a straight-laced college recruiter in "admission." she visits a high school where her former college classmate, played by paul rudd, is principal. he suspects the unusually talented student she's recruiting could be the son that she secretly gave up for adoption years earlier. also starring lily tomlin, "admission" is rated pg-13. >> a terrorist attack threatens the white house in the new thriller "olympus has fallen." a disgraced presidential guard, played by gerard butler, must deliver a kidnapped president to safety. also starring morgan freeman and aaron eckhart, "olympus
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has fallen" is rated r. >> "the croods" is a new dreamworks animated picture about the last cave men on earth. when the world they know is suddenly destroyed, a prehistoric family embarks on an adventure that brings spectacular new landscapes, and struggles within their own family. with the voices of nicholas cage, ryan reynolds and emma stone, "the croods" is rated pg. for now showing, i'm carl azuz.
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(male announcer) this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. at six -- kron4 has a first look at a bay area baseball coach children. this is video of joel kaufman outside a martinez himself in today. kaufman has been charged with six counts including performing lewd acts on a child. he's also accused of secretly video-taping another teen. kron4's j-r stone is live in martinez. he's been following the story. j-r what's the latest? >> reporter: do you have anything to say? >> there is no response with charged with sex sex crimes >> reporter: what kind of response? what is going to your head they say they you molested these teenagers. >> reporter: charges were
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filed earlier this week in the posted bail. >> they say that there was a charge of penetration into a drug person. >> the veteran baseball coach is facing three misdemeanors and three charges between 2006 and 2012. >> one of the best known baseball coaches has nothing to say about this? >> you will get my comments and a couple of weeks. >> reporter: as for what is next he will face a judge in the next coming days. j.r. stone, kron 4 news. >> catherine: on to a developing story in san jose. police searching for a man who they say stabbed a woman to death this afternoon. this is video of our helicopter partnership with a-b-c 7 news. the stabbing happened in a parking lot outside of an apartment complex on north first and west hedding streets.
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police say the victim was stabbed several times. and she later died at the hospital. authorities have shut down 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th streets between hedding and younger. westbound hedding from 1st to 4th. both directions on younger from 1st to 4th. as they looking for the suspect. big changes coming for bay area drivers. after decades of arguments and years of construction, the bypass tunnels at devil's slide on highway one will finally open. and on the golden gate bridge. toll talkers will be a thing of the past. but that doesn't mean the ride will be free. but it may mean your commute could be faster. kron4's dan kerman is live out at the golden gate bridge. where we're just days away from the transition to all- electronic tolling. dan -- what should commuters expect next wednesday morning? >> reporter: the one thing they will notice is that all of these toll takers woebegone and the speed
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limit has increased through the toll plaza from the 15 mph to 25 m.p.h. when there will be different ways to pay. and one however is a cheaper is by using fastrak. we are finding that people will never used a fast track are now signing up to take advantage of the cheaper option. with thenew at six. take a look of the numbers in january, 13,000. in february, 14,000. and 16,000 in the month of march, so far for good reason that the toll to cross the golden gate is cheaper if you use fastrak. it is $5 instead of $6 and there are still other ways to pay. . where
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pre-pay at different kiosks. or you can do nothing and you can do nothing but a light bill will be sent to your home. there is going to be a huge electronic toll and the big message here is to not stop! and that lane number two, that dedicated elaine for car pooling. you want to keep that in mind. it is the second lane from the right coming from the golden gate bridge. dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> catherine: in just a few days, drivers along highway one, south of pacifica, will be able to start using the new devil's slide by-pass tunnels. kron 4's charles clifford shows us the new route. >> reporter: this is a google earth look along highway one just south of pacifica. this stretch of
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road is known as devil's slide. the highway here has been plagued for decades by falling rocks and unstable ground, but on of march 26th this mile and half long stretch of roadway will be permanently closed to traffic. and cars traveling on highway one will be re- routed through a pair of twin tunnels that bypass devils slide altogether. to the north, highway one will closed down here and traffic will be transferred onto a pair of new bridges that lead to and from the tunnels.. which enter the mountain here... each tunell will have a single 12 foot wide travel lane with shoulders on each side. once cars enter the tunnels they will travel about 4/5ths of mile underneath this mountain before reconnecting with highway one on the other side, completely bypassing the old roadway. the bypass tunnels have been 8 years in the making with a price tag of 439 millions dollars. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> a warm day in the bay area.
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this is a live look at the view from our camera on mount tam. you can see a beautiful sunset. kron4's anny hong is live on our roortop. annie - sounds like a nice weekend? >> it is very gorgeous out. catherine. temperatures have been quite a nice and we will continue to see this warm throughout the weekend. and yes. temperatures have been very comfortable. pleasant. breezy. when you factor in that breezy it will feel a bit cooler. you are going to want to bring a jacket. here is a look at the temperatures right now. a bit mild. 60s. san jose, 64. concord, 65. napa your out of the 70's. it's still very comfortable. definitely
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windy towards the belt delta if you're going out towards the location there is a wind advisory. otherwise, continuing spring warmth. before the wet weather on your seven day forecast. >> coming up. two teenaged boys are in custody for killing a baby in a stroller. and shooting his mother during a robbery! then. police are taking no chances and stepping up security after a threat at bay area plus. [ male announcer ] our usr aa retirement guide provides advice for cur crent and former militay membermbs and their families. getg advice from the people w ho share your values. for our r free usaa aretirement guide, call al877-247-2-usaa.
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says she woke up to find that someone had stolen her dog.. he is a service dog named archie. description he is about 5 lbs., with a white tail and loves everybody and he is a pomeranian. it got to the point where i did not meet medication. he helps with my anxiety. ".bring him back" >> catherine: archie was last seen wearing what you see here.the owner is offering a $3-thousand dollar reward for his safe return of >> we have a light breeze coming up the weekend forecast how much warmer it is going to get 04 changes. when the kron 4 news continues after the break.
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let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. >> catherine: in national news. police have arrested two teenagers suspected in the shooting death of a baby in a stroller and injuring the baby's mother. the 17 and 14 year old boys will be charged with murder. the baby's mother talked about what happened. >> i was walking home from the post office and i thought i do not go out that much so i should take a walk. i was five minutes from my house. next to the blue house i always walk
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next to this street. a boy approached me and told me that you wanted my money. i told them i did have any money. and he said give me your money or i am going to kill you and issued your baby. and i said to not have any money and do not kill my baby and he tried to grab my flores' off. and he shoved me and the shot me in the year.in the -- in my ear lobe ad he shot me in the leg i did not even feel it because it was such a small gun. all of a sudden he shot my baby in the face he must've died instantly because i screamed for help. he ran off. he got scared that i screamed. b - i
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wheeled my baby and tried to perform cpr and i saw his lungs inflating but he was not breathing and the police tried to do cpr...we lost him. >> catherine: police are still looking for the weapon.
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>> i had to get my jacket. the sun is going down and the temperatures are also degreasin getting lcooler temperatures in the 50s and the 60s. about seven early 60 degrees. pure the with his pickup again and a mother cool day the we
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fantastic cool the hearing is a long satellite stan radar now in all the returned these are the sustained winds and higher when speeds towards the delta, the cortines 50s in daly city. his 70 in napa off. let us take a look if youre going to go to the sierras
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this weekend? a beautiful weekend expected your kron 4 7 day around the bay some clouds on monday, tuesday, and the slight chance of showers. friday, a better chance for some widespread rainfall. we will keep our eye on the forecast and enjoy that beautiful spring forecast. >> catherine: go to our new channel. comcast 193 for the latest news, as well as our facebook and twitter feed.
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an anxious and stress- filled close at aragon high school in san mateo. fladeboe reports -- the campus remains on alert in the wake of a threat against the school. >> reporter: in the end the threat turned out to be just that, a threat. but police continue to watch over the high school just the same. in the wake of a threat made on social media this week, some parents kept their kids away on thursday but that did not appear to be the case on friday as parents took comfort in the extra security measures. believe was it scary any time there is a threat people have to take it seriously. >> de is reassuring to make sure that there are several police even under cover. >> indeed, there were police on foot early friday and police cruisers could be seen patroling the school perimeter and parking lots throughout the day. some parents, like sonia paz, formed a watch group of their own vowing not to be intimidated by such threats.
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>> we decided not to be victims and we made sure that our kids were safe. >> reporter: described as a rambling entry on a students on-line confessions page, the exact nature of the threat was not disclosed and no word whether it wad directed toward any individual. meantime police are trying to get to the bottom of all this, trying to find out who made that threat and why. in san mateo rob fladeboe kron 4 news. coming up called on camera they release this a dramatic video of the shooting in philadelphia. they're hoping that this will help catch the gunman.
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♪ beginning of march. caught on camera.
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police release this video of a shooting in philadelphia -- hoping it will help them take a look at this. released this video of a gunman firing into a chineseinjuring three people. you can see the gunman walking to front door -- the victims push against the door -- trying to keep him out.. at one point -- the man reached around the door and fired several shots. the victims are are expected to be okay. police say the gunman is still on the loose. >> at least 80 people were hurt in a series of tornadoes that ripped through parts of australia. and, incredibly, it was all caught on camera. the twister went on for 25 miles, and more followed in its path. two men say they saw it form from what seemed out of nowhere. homes were shredded in the towns of victoria and mulwala. one family said they had to hide underneath a mattress hide underneath a mattress
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(male announcer) this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> reporter: this contra costa coach turned himself in martinez. fivlater, he built. i asked them if he did it and he did not respond after he billed himself out. after he bailed himself out he said that he would issue a statement in a few weeks. j.r. stone, kron 4 news. >> reporter: this administration is not a surprise to and he was only interested only interacting with the students, and not any adults. we will learn more about this coming up. >> this is what is left after a bolder came down on
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1 0 1 itself on a sausalito. colliding. >> the next thing i knew my air bags were deployed. it was relief feeling incredible to be alive. and i feel blessed. >> the husband of things that wearing a seat belt saved his life. justin waldman kron 4 >> reporter: we are just a few basic way from the electronic tolls. on wednesday, you are not going to stop! there will be four different ways to pay the cheapest will use fastrak that way, it is only $5 instead of $6. they are taking the vantage of this method with the 16,000 people already signing up for fastrak for this month
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of march. at the golden gate bridge, dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> reporter: this stretch of highway 1 near pacifica that is known as a devil's slide will be perfectly closed down. these bypass' tunnels will be open to. hand these have been in the making for 10 years. coming up at 8:00 p.m. will hear about what the drivers think about this new bypass. in the news room, charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> reporter: the atmosphere at this paragon high school is all quiet. this, in the wake of against a online threat posted earlier. this was not named as far as an individual. thankfully, nothing happened but police and private security remained on the campus and
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stayed in kept a close audie even for this weekend. san jose, rob fladeboe, kron 4 keeping a close -- i. >> reporter: pomeranian serve as a dog service dog -- was stolen on bart from the owner. >> he controls my panic attacks he is trained to sense if before it escalates. i will do anything to get him back >> reporter: haazig madyun. kron 4. >> reporter: it has been a beautiful day in the bay area look at this gorgeous sunset. this is from our mount tam and anny is on the roof. >> as the sun is setting, catherine is feeling cooler. and when you factor in the breeze it does feel cooler but we had a gorgeous day on
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this friday. a great day to finish your work week. here is a look at our current temperatures. with the mid '50s for downtown san francisco. and is still holding on to the mid 60s in sunnyvale. vallejo, 64. and napa, 69 degrees. let me mention the wind kind of breezy out there if you're heading east toward sacramento, the delta. there is a wind advisory. the east bay, and livermore. but plenty of sunshine and temperatures will be in the lower 70's. and join this our first weekend of spring.
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>> coming up car pool violations in the next edition of people behaving badly. . morning, brian!
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(male announcer): here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly.
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>> how are you doing? the reason why i stopped you is because you are in the carpool lane no matter how many times the chp goes out looking for carpool cheat they find them this woman tried to jump back into the non carpool when she saw the officer and was immediately flagged over i'm out with officer moore of the hayward office of the california highway patrol, now normally officer moore would be out on his motorcycle looking for violators but he got stuck with me on this day the driver claimed she was in a rush to pick up a friend from the hospital was it an emergency turns she was never issued a drivers license so the officer takes her car keys and after giver her the ticket tells her unfortunately we are going to have to tow your car and seconds after writing that ticket watch the brown mercedes try to sneak out of the carpool lane
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go ahead a pull over there right in front of my patrol car this driver also jumoed over hoping that she was not noticed, she was morning, are you on your way to work i stopped or the carpool lame you have license and registration lets tale to her do you ride the carpool often no only when i have kids i was really late this morning what happened when you say the chp officer i was like on the carpool lanes are from 5am to 9am and from 3pm to 7pm on interstate 880 monday through friday, holidays included this guy had a excellent excuse you said you were cut off? yes because this one car i actuually just cut me off i never actually done this before no this is your first time unless im with somebody first time riding by yourself in the carpool lane >> yea what are the odds that the very first time you driver trought the carpool lane alone you get caught on camera infinitesimal in hayward stanley roberts kron 4 news
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kron 4 is proud to be part of this san francisco event. we'll bring you the race bay to breakers is happening -- sunday, may 19th. >> the first shot from the n.c.a.a. and a difficult day for the state championships
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>> gary: ncaa - mississippi/ wisconsin 12th seeded ole miss vs 5th seeded wisconsin
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2nd half/ 45-41 ole miss marshall henderson who missed 12 of his first 13
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shots hits the tough one- hander in the lane 47-41 ole miss 47-44 ole miss henderson 3-pointer 50-44 ole miss final: 57-46 ole miss they play lasalle sunday sacred heart girls lose lyryan russell coach of san francisco's sacred heart cathedral girls girls division 3 state championship game 2nd half/ 32-32 sacred heart takes the lead on this shot by kayla caloyan 34-32 sacred heart 2nd half bishop alemany's leslie lopez woods 3-pointer 41-34
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alemany leads bishop alemany wins there first state title final: 46-40 bishop alemany bears sign d.j. williams former de la salle standout and longtime denver bronco 47-46 horizon. a rough day for the boards and girls of northern california. tiger woods at the arnold palmer he is back with no. 1 in the world. this is the shot of the day. the 14th hole. there it goes. and tiger woods. for his third straight bowl be finishing up poorly he is 5 under,
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overall. andhass. linebacker d.j. williams signed a 1-year deals with the chicago bears today williams, had been a steady performer for the broncos often among the league leaders in tackles but he has recently h career derailed by injury and suspension williams made $6 million last year williams will attempt to replace longtime pro bowl linebacker brian urlacher who appears all but out of chicago after he and the club could not agree to >> thank-you. it is great to see you. >> and thank-you for welcoming me.
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>> gary: and this business is this highlight and in the news room every night when catherine says howell is your wife? >> we love her-and how is your wife? >> she is young, beautiful. and she sees you all the time. >> gary: she is degrees kelly the grace kelly of broadcasting... >> catherine: of try something at 8:00 p.m. [laughter] >> gary: something profane! [laughter]
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>> are you ready? >> what is your thing for tiger woods you are always kissihng his rear end? >> what i am trying to say is that catherine and i had this discussion. and people make mistakes. he has made a
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lot of mistakes. if you want to make people happy... but oftentimes you just have to move on. i just do not understand.. i have his own i do not care what he does sexually your socially. i enjoy him playing golf. >> i think that's plenty. and would you bet money that miami will pass the lakers' record? >> they are going to win their 20 fit the all-time record is 33. i would probably not that. but i would not bet money. i give all of my money to my wife.
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and i give my wife a check and i shot opera. >> 0 k more of the miami bishop if i hear you one more thing that lebron might be as current as jordan and i will turn you off! >> gary: i said that he might be let me say an honest moved some people do not like him because he has the tattoos and the came right out of high school. perhaps a bit more rock fan jordan but what you hear. but everything you hear about him, to me is first- class. and i came back that he could win a couple of championships in addition people are going to talk to him like jordan. >> and i hope barry zito
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will win 20 games. >> i do not know if he is that hot. and he is a very nice guy everybody likes them. however, for whatever $26 million i would rather have to more than just one good year. >> could you and your family come to my son's 12 year-old birthday party. >> my wife and not let me. >> we have too much going on. >> happy birthday. [laughter]

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